Charles Hardy Carr
Born 8/18/1903 · Died 3/13/1976
Judicial Career
- judCACD9/18/1966 – 3/13/1976
- judCASD8/14/1962 – 9/18/1966
Biography
American judge (1903–1976)
For other people with the same name, see Charles Carr .
Charles Hardy Carr (August 18, 1903 – March 13, 1976) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California .
Education and career
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Born in Coahoma , Mississippi , Carr received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Vanderbilt University in 1925 and a Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1926. He was in private practice in Memphis , Tennessee from 1926 to 1929. He was an instructor at Southwestern University in Los Angeles , California from 1930 to 1931, thereafter returning to private practice in Los Angeles from 1931 to 1933. He was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of California from 1933 to 1936, and then a special assistant to the United States Attorney General until 1940. He was again in private practice in Los Angeles from 1940 to 1943. He was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of California from 1943 to 1946. He was in private practice in Los Angeles from 1946 to 1962.
Federal judicial service
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Carr was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on July 12, 1962, to the United States District Court for the Southern District of California , to a new seat authorized by 75 Stat. 80. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 9, 1962, and received his commission on August 14, 1962. He was reassigned by operation of law on September 18, 1966, to the United States District Court for the Central District of California , to a new seat authorized by 80 Stat. 75. He assumed senior status on August 18, 1973. His service terminated on March 13, 1976, due to his death.
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[Charles Hardy Carr](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1378866)
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Sources
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- Charles Hardy Carr at the _Biographical Directory of Federal Judges _, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
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